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A Fashionable Nile Town.

What a sight is Luxov! Turn the
head as you will, you are sure to, see
some picture altogethBrr different; from
anything you had previously. beheld, for
Luxor is "the metropolis of! Thebes.n .
Here the strange people Of alliquarters
oongregate. 1t may be. considered thu
fashionable town ofthc Modern Nile: The
majority of sight-seers, terminate. theii
Journey there, and so the natives make
the most of their opportunities, TO sell
their wares. The. streets are of. never.
ending interest. One gets the impres.
sion that Luxor is the busiest!mart In the
world. Here are, ,Nubian dancers bead
sellers; sieve makers; cenpersmiths, who
beat out their quaint, vessels with the
hammer; dealers in, pottery:; marble
cutters who, seated at!the doors, let you
into the secrets of Arab tombstone
nomenclature; bean breakers, who, with
huge mortars and iron, pestals five feet
long, stand in rows aud dicrnsh. the beans
into mass forrthe baker,: coffee break.
ers, whose method lis similar; makers OF
donkey trappings; shoemaksrs, decor.
ators of candles for use In ths mosque:
Koran sellers; jewelers. money changers
and-idlers. Whata bedlam' and Babel
they make! And;then comes along the
iocular street sprinkler with q skin OF
water upon his back. AS lie moves ne
turns from side. to side and scatters the
cooling element, strike whom it may
Seribner.
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Morning and Jesus

get older, get more practical We come, as
the saying is, more to the point We want
to know how QUE theories wear. It Is not SO
much a time for the criticism Of styles OF
ship-building as for the testing Of the life.
contradiction, that Christ and Christ alone
can rescue and redeem and save; that only he
can give peace and rest and joy on earth be.
low, and then bring us at last in safety to our
desired haven. I am perfectly certain OF one
thing - that the brightest eountenanees,
the healthiest influences and the happiess
lives that I have ever known have been
Christian ones. "By their fruits ye' shall
know them" says our blessed Lord, and we
king, "In thy salvation, how greatly shall
he rejoice" and as he, says Of the nation, too.
Happy art thou, o Israel; who is like unto
thee, D people,, saved by the Lord. the. shield
of thy help, and who is the sword Of thine
excellency Tho eternal God is thy refuge.
and underneath are the everlasting arms
Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy
days,so shall thy strength be- The mornings
Of life do not come, let us all remember. O.
we can never hide them from ourselves in
the after-years though ''God can never for
give their iniquities and blot out all their
transgressions" Let our Life mornings, then,
be full Of the golden sunshine Of the pres
ence and the love of God our Saviour, and! as
you read these lines quietly and Alone. do
you, who are the fathers and mothers, make
more manifest to your children that your
early blessedness when YOU started on. lfe's
Journey together, was found alone In Christ.
who has never forgotten nor forsaken you in
all lifes journey through And, And you' you young g
brothers counsel who comes to you with
scrip and staff after some years Of pilgrimage
for his closing word is this-that the chief
Joy of life is today to write and to speak Of
the dear Christ who made the morning of
life journey in the sunshine, and whose
grace and mercy leave it now pleasant
picture in the memory, as filed with the
faithfulness Of Christ to his promise. MY
Joy no man taketh from youNtRey. w. b.
Stratham in the Culver.
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Wives nv the ShiDlOad.

II is one of the almost forgotten Gu
riositics of early Canadian history that
about the year 1868 the Government OF
France actually undertook to supply Its
discharged soldiers and other citizens
who had settled in Canada with wives to
order, and on a scale bctitting its own
maoniticence, says the Toronto Globe.
Shins were chartered, and consignment
If several hundred of dcnloiselles was
,hippcd from the motherland for the
choice and dclcctation of the sturdy ad-
vcnturcrs, who, having conquered
ncacc from the fierce Iroquois, were now
IN a position to cultivate their own as
signed acres and sit down by their own
pcaccful fresidcs.
The arrival scene must certainly have
becn n memorable one to those who wit
messed it. The collection, we are told
bv the old chTonicler, "consistcd of tall,
short, fair, brown, fat and lean" Each
of these has had no doubt their own pc
culir trials, disappointments and sorrows,
for it is hardly conceivable that jolly
youn9 damsels with high expectations
and abun lance of eligible offers in their
,wn land would have volunteered to take
the chances of such foreign adventure
wen under the auspices of the French
government or its royal bead. Even So
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Two Rich Cattle Queens.

The richest widow in Colorado was the
wife of the late John W. Tiff, who was
known some years ago as the cattle king
of Colorado. Iliff left about 10O,OO
head of cattle, and it is said that his
widow manages his estate as we'll as any
business man could. She went to Colo
RADIO as a sewing.machine agent, though
she came of wealthy family and could
have remained home doing nothing. She
there met Tiff and married him, and I
doubt not the experience she obtained in
connection with the sewing-machine aids
her in the management of her fortune.
Speaking of cattle, there is cattle queen
in Texas, near Corpus Christi-Mrs.
Rogers-said to be worth 1000, 900,
and who has many times as much stock
as Job had in his most prosperous days.
Her husband is preacher, but Mrs.
Rogers manages the business. She sells
the stock herself, buys all the supplies,
and can ride a horse as well as any of
the many cowboys whom she has in her
employ.-Boston Traoeler.
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S]eep and Its COunterfeits.

The Frcnchman, whose long trance or
slecp attracted extraordinary attention in
the latter part Of March and the begin.
ming of April, was commonly spoken OF
as Sthe Soho sleeper" but when we:
sneak of man sleeping" for severali
days or weeks consecutively, it is obvious
that we do not use the term in its on
dinary sense. We all know by cxpepf-
encc what sleep is, and we cannot cen
ceive ourselves as sleeping for an In
definite time. Yet it is difficult to draw
a line between normal and abnormal
sleep; the physiological condition mergess
by inscnsible degrees into all kinds OF
pathological states, known as lsthargy,
trance, stupor, coma. Through the
usual Ehenomena of dreaminY we pass
likewise into those of nightmare, SOM
nambulism, hypnotism, ccst'cy, ana inc
like. Yet it is important sharply to de-
fine typical instances of these conditions,
so as to avoid hopeless confusion IN an
already obscure field Of scientific ln.'
ouiry, and though We may for the sake
Of convenience occasionally use the tsrm
sleep in the wider since, yet the dis
tinction between the various stascs in
c,uicd under it must be kept present to
our minds.-Peyular Science Monthly.
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conjecture ttfes In vain to cofceive Of tht
arguments and Influences the agents Of
the Government mmat have brought
to bear in order IT, induce these
young women to- the number of several
Hundreds to bid farewell forever to
the land of their birth and all old friends
and associations, and 60 forth and take
the dark chances of happiness rs wives OF
unknown men, and disbsnded soldiers at
that. Be that as it may, there they were.
The matches were all arranged within the
short space of less than fifteen days from
the publication of the advertisements.
The marriage ceremony was in each case
duly performed, and then the wedding
gifts were in order. The Goverrof-Gen
eral himself undertook the benefeent
task, in the absence of number of per-
sonal friends and acquaintances to be put
under contribution. His gifts were ad-
practical and useful. They con-
sisted of token, COWS, hogs, fowls, salted
beef and some money" With these
goodly stores the welded couples set out
on their homeward journey, and though
regard for historical truth, or at least
verisimilitude, forbids us to declare OF
them by wholesale that they were all
"happy ever AFTER" we may reasonably
hope that q goodly proportion of them at
least were reasonably 80, especially since
we must believe that the personal and
social virtues of many an honest habitant
of the present day have come down in di.
rect line of heredity from pair of ances-
tors thus strangely brought together and
welded.
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Marriage in, Annarn,.

Marriage settlements and dowi1es are
lot recognized, on account of the diff
:ulties that might arise in, case't the mar
.iage Isl dissolved. According to An
aamite. CUSTOM. the woman should not
bear the charges of marriage; because
,he takes. the name Of her husband and
associates herself with; him in; order to
perpetuate his family, not forthe sake of
aer own. 1t is, just for the husband, IN
his own personal interest,". to furnish all
that she and her children may need; yet,
according to, another custom, frequently
followed, the suitor whose character is
not we'll known should make several
visits to the family of his, affianced, so as
to submit himself to. a kind Of testing,
often very severe; which shall permit his
value and the. amount of his knowledge
to, be rated. This stage of the negotia-
tons sometimes, lasts for several years.
Marriage is, usually contracted by in
elination, without money considerations
entering into the matter. The family is
regarded as moral union, and not as
business association. Hence it is COM
mon to see o wealthy family allied with a
DOOR one. 1t Is considered that, when
man marries a girl without fortune, but
wisely brought up, she will be easily
touched by the care he will take of her,
and be obedient to his authority. Then,
it is not right to exact dowry from
girl whose education has already imposed
IN her parents large sacrifices OF time and
money, and who has, moreover, aban'
doned her family name to take that OF
stranger, so there is no dowry. The pa
rents give their daughter what they
please, without the young man being al
lowed to claim or stipulste for anything.
Sometimes they require him to make con-
siderable presents, which will be the sole
property of the wife. 1t must not be
SUPPOSED that the condition of wives IS
the same in AMMAN as in China. The
six ceremonies of marriage arc, it is true,
nearly the same in both countries; but
while the Chinese wife has to keep her
apartments, the Annamitc wife is treated
as the equal of her husband.-Popular
Science Monthly.
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FACTS FOR THE CURIOUS.

The Polish people never swear in their
own language, but always in Russian.
During the recent Indian raid in Ari-
zona the Apaches travelled fifteen miles
on tiptoe to hide their trail.
A brass key, used as sinker by Var
mouth IN. S. citizen, was carried away
by fish, and several days later was
found in lobster pot one mile away.
An experienced halter says one tall
man buys more hats than any three short
men. Doors and projections and roofs
are destructive to fine hats on six foot
men.
John Hawkins, an English navigator,
in 1862, brought a cargo of African slaves
to the Western Hemisphere. Ten years
before few negroes had been sold IN
England.
The Greek phalanx consisted of 8, 600
men in square battalion, with shields
Joined and spears crossing each other.
The Macedonian phalanx was sixty one
deep, with shields joined.
The first General Assembly, Rhode Is
land, met at Portsmouth, May 10, 1916,
established a code of laws, and erected
an institution of civil government. Those
taking part in this meeting were the col.
lective freemen of the several plantations
of the colony.
Ivan, an infant, succeeded legitimatcly
to the throne of the Russians in 1740;
but Elizabeth, daughter of Peter the
Great, usurped the crown in 1741, and
imprisoned, during her life, Ivan, his
father, mother and family. Ivan was
kept in dark room and finally mur-
dered by his guards.
DR.. Barr favors 100 years for the ten
ure of life, but makes these divisions: !:
Boyhood, 10 to Is; youth, Is to 25;
manhood, 25 to So; maturity, So to rs;
ripencss, rs to s., and old age from s5
upward. Professor J. r. Buchanan
places the attainable limits of longevity
at 40, and he cites the fourteen people
of that age found in Italy by census
under one of the later Roman Emperors'
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Effect of Liquor Traffic on Wages

Effect of Liquor Traffic on wages
''Hard times" Is common cry nova
days, especially among mechanics and labor
ing men.
Low wages is a common compla1nt, and
strikes, lock-outs, etc., are the results OF
this dissatisfied feeling among the working
men.
And vet is it q fact that the workingman
is the greatest consumer Of liquor and the
stauncbest supporter Of the traffic and its
agents, and if we were to tell him that the
LIQUOR traffic is largely the cause OF low
wages, and so-ca1led depression in business
he would probably sneer and disbeleVe the
statement
According to the Government figures, we
brewed and sold in the United States last
year 642 OOO, 900 gallons Of beer II we assume
that each glass contains half q pint (Which
they do not by long shot, we see that we
spent for beer, during year OF hard times;
the enormous Surn Of over i've hundred ana
thirteen million dollars.
For 70, ,T68, ,OOG gallons Of whisky we spent
$50. 100000. These figures do not include
wines made in the United States nor do they
include the spirits, wines, a1es, etc., imported
into this country. These amount annually to
over fifty million dollars
Add these sums together and we find that
we spent last year over one thousand million
dollars for intoxicating liquor.
But you will say, What has this to do with
waees{ These statements only show that men
spend their money foeashly after they have
earned it..
named paws TO- the workingmen the proper
tion, stated below:
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The Old Mans Legacy.

An old man lay in his last sickness, sorely
afflicted, but patient and unmurmurlng un-
der the hand Of his God. He had long been
a servant Of Christ, and now that he was old
and gray headed, he did not cast him OF:
His pastor called one day to sympathlze
with him. and in the course Of his conversa-
tion expressed his sorrow at seeing him in SO
much affiiction. The old man admitted that
the Lords hand was heavy upon hum, and
then he turned his face to the wall, and nell
ther of them spoke for several minutes. Inc
pastor felt that "the heart knoweth its own
bitterness" The good mans case could only
be reached by one more mighty, more skill
full than he.
By and by the old man broke the silence by
saving az have ten children, and not one Of
them Is Christian" That was the burden
which weighed down his spirit in the dust
before God. "But," said he, ~ do with that
as I do with all other trouble, I roll it of
kindling eye. 'f Shall look down and see
them all converted. I shall not see it here
but you will no doubt see it." The good man
went to his rest, and the pastor treasured up
his words. No doubt he felt it a solemn ad.
monition for him to be faithful to those over
whom he had influence. The nine who re-
mained within the circle Of his observation
were all hopefully converted, and he had nc
doubt but the tanth also, of whom he had lost
sight, became a follower OF Jesus, so that all
might meet their sainted father-an unbroker
circle around the throne of God. Oh what
legacy are sach prayer and faith! Do you
suppose if their father had been careless
worldling, that these sons and daughters
would all have entered into the kingdom oi
Christ?
We should revere and bless the memory Of
our pious ancestry 1t is higher honor te
be 1.-THE child of parents passed into the
Skies" than to be descended from kings and
MOBILES. A pious old man used quantity to
express in his family prayer the wish tlet
his descendants might all be goodly persons,
''as long as grass grows and water runs runs" 1t It
was remarkable fact, that bis chlldren ana
cbildren's children, even down to the third
and fourth generation, were, almost without
an exception, pious people.
All, if parents can leave no Worldly iasr store
them a rich legacy of prayers prayers offered
in faith for Gods blessing upon them here
and hereafter. u II
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Fitness for Service.

It cannot be said that eminent fitness for
service depends upon any single virtue, how
ever necessary that particular excellence may
be- AS the whole heart must submit to God
at the beginning, in order to obtain His par
don and peace, so our entire life must be
nodded under His hand for His service. That
hand must be upon us constantly. New re-
lations to others require fresh experiences on
our own part. This is the way we acquire
the ability to minister to their necessities.
We come near to needy souls by sorrowlng
as they sorrow, struggling as they struggle.
In NO other manner can we obtain for our
selves an answering show of sympathy. or
find ready access to hearts bowed down be-
meath the many weights Of life.
How often we hear from the lips Of Gods
best workers a testimony to the value OF need
full preparation. One has said that the song
had gone out of her life, the roses had faded
to ashes; it seemed desert place indeed.
Turning one day the leaves of her Bible, her
ewes rested upon these words: ''Come ye your
selves apart into a desert place and rest
awhile" Lifting her eyes to heaven she
prayed: "Lord, give me grace to come where
thou callest, willingly; open my eyes. to see
Thee with me here; open my ears to hear all
that Thou hast to say to me In this place
apart from the world"
From that hour now blessed became that
seemingly desert spotl No rosy path, no busy
scene, no joyous companionship she had ever
known had yielded anything that could COM
pare with the delights Of that sweet seclusion
with the Lord. There she heard, as never
before, the precious things He has to say to
His beloved; such hidden depths she sounded
in his word; such sweet undertones Of melody
Charmed her in His promises; such deep
draughts she took OF living water; such
satisfied soul she had; such close aqnaint:
ance with Jesus she found. 1t looked like
desert place still to friends, but to her it was
the fairest of gardens. She tarried in it for
many months, till He who led her there said,
Come out now into the busy world; :" and
when she came it was with better knowledge
Of her weak self and her strong. Saviour, and
better fitness for unselfish service because OF
those days of resting 'apart" with the Lord
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WOMAN'S WORLD.
PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR
FEMININE READERS.
Her Mamma Could Beat Them All.

Her Mamma Could Beat Them All.
It is related that one of the little Arch
duchesses, of Austria, was taken to q
circus where nothing amazed her and
very little pleased her. On her return
home the Emperor asked how she had en-
joyed the performance. "Oh, very we'll, "
the young lady replied, "only mamma
does everything the circus women did o
great deal better. Why, have seen her
jnmp through six hoops" 1t appears
that this is really true, and that the En-
press has on more than one occasion given
a strictly private entertainment to her
intimatcs, in which she has surprised
them with feats rivaling those of the
most skilled circus riders.-Boston Jour-
nal.
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RELIGIOUS READING.
Regret.

II only we had loved them more,
Our lost, whom never love can reach,
Who thrill not at our tenderest speech,
Nor answer, though our hearts implore.
If only for one little day,
One day of days, they could return,
How would our grateful spirits yearn
To lavish treasures on their way
Our feet to serve them, ah, how swift
Our hands how gentle! and our eyes
How clear to see, should shadows rise;
Or griefs their perfect gladness rift.
Too late Come back no vanished hours:
But, living and beloved, there still
Remain sweet friends Be ours the will
To strew their paths with thornless aowers.
-[Youth's Companion.
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WHY She Wept.

Not many years ago foreign repre-
sentative in this country spent, with his
wife, some time in a large and fashion
able hotel in one of our cities. This
foreign officials wife, stout lady who
was unable to speak word of English,
was extremely fond Of her national dish,
q sort of pie made largely OF giblets.
The lady had great difficulty in get.
ting this dish make to- her liking, and
frequently spent much time and earnest
cndeavor in the kitchen instructing the
cook. with queer culinary psntomime,
what ingredients to put into it.
One day madame had succeeded IN
producing pie exactly to- her liking,
and had eaten of it at dinner with great
enthusiasm. But after time gentle
man noticed that she was weeping silent
ly as she sat at the table, while her hands
lay idle in her lap.
This gentleman, who was man of
keen sympathies, was deeply touched,
and presently, when the lady's weeping
had turned into pitiful sobbing, he could
not rcfrain,from saying to- her husband !:
"Pardon me-. sir. butts madame ILL.,
Is;she'i in paina"
''It,is>nothing-it will pass" said the
offioialI
4. But the trouble. did not seem to. pass,
and the. lady continued; to she'd tears,
and sob historically.
The sympathetic gentleman was still
unable to restrain himself.
"Pardon me. once more;" he said,
"but madame seems, to- be'in great dis
tress, or grief. Is there anythingI can
do9 Pray command. me"
"Ah! DO not trouble; SIR" said the
foreigner; "it is szis only Eat is zematter:
madame have eaten her pie until she can
eat no, more, and she veeps viz grief zat
she. may not continue9"-Eoutd's' Com
panion..
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A Dakota Hotel Card.

A Dakota hotct card is reproduced by
the Dakota Bell:>
Cady House, Mayville, Dakota
Accomraodations for 7O guests
Three elevators
(can hs seen from The front door).
Hot aud oald water
tcold sater for guesis always m
'O hot waterl
Bells throughout the house
they were threw out last year,
Music at all meals
(Chin musiolr